Question

What countries were involved in the Vietnam War and why were they?

Answer 1

The Vietnam War is also known as the Second Indochina War, 1954–1975. It refers to the period when the U.S. and other members of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) supported the forces with the Republic of South Vietnam to contest communist forces, inclusive of South Vietnamese guerrillas and regular-force units, usually known as North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC)

North Vietnam was supported by the communist allies that included People’s Republic of China, Pathet Lao (Laotian Communist insurgents), Soviet Union, Khmer Rouge (Cambodian Communist insurgents) and North Korea. South Vietnam was supported by anti-communist countries and members of the South SEATO that included the United States, the Philippines, New Zealand, Thailand, South Korea, Australia, Khmer Republic (later overthrown by Khmer Rouge), Republic of China (Taiwan) and Kingdom of Laos.

Vietnam war started as a result of strategy of United States containment during the Cold War. It was a part of the domoni theory which aimed to prevent the spread of communism throughout the globe. The U.S. government involvement in the war acted as a way to stop communist takeover of South Vietnam.